2012 GMC TERRAIN Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC TERRAIN. DURING A HEAVY STORM, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE BUSHING DETACHED FROM THE WIPER BLADE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENTIRE WIPER BLADE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 138,000.

WINDSHIELD WIPER ARE NOT WORKING, I WAS DRIVING HOME IN A STORM AND I COULD HAVE KILLED SOMEONE AND OR MYSELF. IT ALL HAPPENED WITH OUT WARNING. I HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THE STORM LET UP SOME AND DRIVE.

TIMING BELT STRETCHED AND JUMPED. CYLINDER HEAD BROKEN. TIMING BELT JUMPED WHILE DRIVING, BEGAN MAKING A VERY LOUD RATTLING NOISE.

I BOUGHT MY VEHICLE BRAND NEW AND HAVE RECORDS OF EVERY MAINTENANCE DONE IN A TIMELY MANNER. ON 03/31/2017, I DROVE 38 MILES TO A FURNITURE STORE WITH MY 11 MONTH OLD BABY AND WIFE. WHEN I RETURNED TO MY CAR, IT WOULD NOT START. WHEN I TURN THE CAR ON, IT CLICKS BUT NO POWER GOES TO THE ENGINE. THERE WAS NO ENGINE LIGHT ON AND NO INDICATION THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. I ENDED UP TOWING IT TO A GMC DEALERSHIP. THEY DID INSPECTION AND ADVISED THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE AND HAD A CHAIN EFFECT BRAKING RODS IN THE ENGINE. THEY ALSO MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT THE ENGINE OIL BURNING. I WAS ADVISED BY THE GM DEALERS THAT THE WHOLE ENGINE WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AND ADVISED MY WARRANTY EXPIRED ON 1/14/2017. I CONTACTED GM CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HAVE OPENED A CASE FILE BUT I AM NOT SURE IF THEY WILL DO ANYTHING TO ASSIST ME. I DID SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND IT APPEARS MULTIPLE CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE OWNED GMC TERRAIN HAVE HAD SIMILAR ISSUES. IF THE TIMING CHAIN BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING, IT IS QUITE POSSIBLE THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FATALITY AND I OR MY FAMILY MIGHT NOT BE ALIVE TODAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC TERRAIN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE OPERATED ABNORMALLY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE MALFUNCTION WAS DUE TO EXCESSIVE OIL CONSUMPTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,649.

MY COMPLAINT IS IN REGARDS TO TIRES. SPECIFICALLY MICHELIN LATITUDE TOUR. MY TERRAIN IS 5 YEARS OLD WITH 27K MILES ON IT, NOT EXACTLY A LOT OF USE. HOWEVER I JUST FOUND OUT THAT THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE, NOT THE ORIGINAL TIRES ARE FALLING APART. THE TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRE BODY. AND THE TIRES ARE DRY ROTTED. IF YOU MEASURE THE TREAD DEPTH, THESE ARE ALMOST NEW TIRES. I AM AGHAST THAT AN EXPENSIVE TIRE LIKE THESE SHOULD JUST FALL APART. MICHELIN HAS GIVEN ME A RUN AROUND. THE TIRE TECH AT COSTCO TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL TIRE. HOW IN GOOD CONSCIENCE CAN A COMPANY LIKE MICHELIN CONTINUE TO SELL A DEFECTIVE DESIGN? CAN ANYTHING BE DONE TO MAKE THE PUBLIC SAFE?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 GMC TERRAIN. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. ALSO, THE VEHICLE WOULD OCCASIONALLY FAIL TO START WITH THE REMOTE STARTER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTO PART STORE AND DIFFERENT FAILURE CODES APPEARED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 95,000.

WIPERS STOPPED WORKING ON ME TWICE AND BOTH TIMES I WAS DRIVING DURING HEAVY RAIN. ALTHOUGH I COULD NOT SEE, LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER EACH TIMES THE OCCURRENCE HAPPENED. I WAS SO SCARED BECAUSE I WENT FROM VISIBILITY TO NON IN SECONDS AND TO PULL OVER IN AN AREA UNFAMILIAR TO ME THE FIRST TIME. I HAVE BEEN TO HENNESSY GMC SERVICE TWICE, AN ON BOTH OCCASIONS; I WAS TOLD ABOUT RECALL AND THAT PARTS HAS TO COME FROM CANADA SINCE CAR ORIGIN IS FROM CANADA. I ALSO WAS TOLD THE WIPERS ARE TEMPORARILY REPAIRED. NO WIPERS ARE NOT. THE FIRST TIME I DID NOT HAVE TO SIGN PAPERS BUT THE 2ND TIME I DID WHEN I WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP BOTHIN ANGER AND NERVOUSNESS.

TIMING CHAIN JUMPING OFF OF SPROCKETS AND EATING AWAY AT THE CHAIN GUIDES AND TENSIONERS.

I HAVE A GMC 2012 SLT 1 WITH 2.4 CYLINDER CAR THAT I BOUGHT IN 2011. IT HAS 75K MILES NOW. RECENTLY GOT TO KNOW FROM MY DEALER THAT THERE IS A ISSUE WITH THE ENGINE OIL CONSUMPTION AND PISTON NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND WAS REFERRED TO A SPECIAL COVERAGE INFORMATION FOR 2011 VEHICLE WITH SIMILAR ISSUE BUT NOT FOR A 2012 VEHICLE - HTTP://GM.OEMDTC.COM/3953/15285-EXCESSIVE-ENGINE-OIL-CONSUMPTION-2011-CHEVROLET-EQUINOX-GMC-TERRAIN IF MY 2012 CAR BOUGHT IN 2011 IS ALSO GIVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS CONFIRMED BY CERTIFIED GMC SERVICE DEALER, THEN WHY IS IT NOT COVERED UNDER GM'S SPECIAL COVERAGE. VIN: [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR